At last, perspective

Month: June 2014

Last summer when I wrote about NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, I knew next to nothing about them until they stood side by side in a press conference he had called for the purpose of clarifying his newly revealed online sexual postings. Today there is new relevance to the story. Continue reading →

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Before Christmas in 1937 when I was six, my grandmother invited me for our annual lunch at the Plaza and a trip to F.A.O. Schwartz. In the Palm Court the violinist played through lunch while I tried to figure out how to take more than two of the pastel colored peppermints. We discussed which costumes we would look at when we crossed the street to Schwartz. Last year it had been a British Grenadier’s outfit which I still wore often, feeling immensely proud in the tall black fur hat with the strap under my chin. Now my grandmother was making ominous suggestions that I be a ballerina or a gypsy. I writhed in embarrassment at the thought and wondered how to get the Swiss Mountain boy’s suit.Continue reading →

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Joan Ellis

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Married at 19, worked at CIA for two years before becoming support system for my three children and a husband who was starting a company from scratch. Nine grandchildren. At 60 became a movie critic and writer with a big appetite for random information. Education: 2 years public, 2 years private high school, B.A. Vassar College.